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Bangladesh:
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Hundreds of people, many of them adolescents, rallied in the streets of Narsingdi district recently to call for an end to ‘Eve teasing’ – a term used to describe the public bullying of girls and women by boys and men
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The UK will guarantee that 600,000 of the poorest children in Bangladesh can continue to access decent pre-school and primary education through a new £18.5 million UKaid grant announced today.
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CHITTAGONG HILLS TRACTS, Bangladesh, 10 July 2008 – In a remote south-eastern corner of Bangladesh lies the Chittagong Hills Tracts, a semi-autonomous region, divided into three districts. Home to at least 13 indigenous ethnic groups and geographically and socioculturally distinct from the rest of the country, Chittagong Hills lacks such basic services as education, sanitation and health care.
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NARSHINGDI, Bangladesh, 16 August 2006 – Down a warren of shanties built with corrugated steel and thatched wood, Morzina Begum and her parents live in a one-room shack, sharing a common kitchen and toilet with several other families.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh, 15 March 2006 – Dolly Akter has a simple theory: “Life is for help.” The 16-year-old will have a chance to help and influence many people this week when she takes part in the Children’s World Water Forum in Mexico City.
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